One of this countrys earliest ski jumping meets was held at Ishpeming, MI in 1892; the origin of the National Ski Association, 1904. A Norwegian immigrant, Mikkel Hall was living in Ishpeming when the first of six sons was born; Henry, February 27, 1893. At a very early age, on home-made barrel staves, he and […]
Stephen Lee arrived in Green Oak Township from New York State in the fall of 1830. Benjamin Curtis and his family also arrived about the same time. In June, 1831, the Curtis family joined with the Lees at the Lee home (just south of town) and were led in a worship service by Rev. Moses […]
The history of St. Pauls Episcopal Church dates from the 1830s when the Rev. Wm. A. Clark, D.D., rector of All Saints Church of New York City journeyed to the West and visited this part of the territory of Michigan. Being pleased with the area, he took up land in Brighton Township and moved his […]
Valet parking has been around for a long time. Leo J. McQuade was doing it around the turn of the century. In an article written for The Good Old Days (Brighton Argus?) in 1975, he reminisced about his Saturday job as a youngster in Brighton. He worked at the Eastern House, N. E. corner Grand […]
A newspaper clipping (c 1900) contains a list of 41 farms, almost all in Brighton Township. From that list & research on background of these farms should show what life was like at that time. The Lamart Hicks Farm on Skeman Road is the subject of this issue.
The first schoolhouse in Brighton was built in the Grand River Trail in 1837, east of Hope Street. The small log cabin was built prior to the organization of a school district, which seems to have not caused any problem to the residents, altho it seems to put the cart before the horse. (Another source […]
Henry Maltby’s Oakwood stock farm has its origin in the very early days of the settling of Brighton, Genoa and Green Oak Townships. His father, Almon and Uncle Maynard (both teachers) were among the first to take up land in these townships. Born in New York, they came to the area in 1832. Within two […]
July 4th, 1871, 122 years ago, Brightonians, by the 100s, were waiting at the railroad crossing on W. Main. They were there to celebrate the opening of the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad. They were inpatient; they had been waiting a long time.
A Brighton native and resident for seventy-eight years, Persis Cook died Tuesday, October 4, 1983, in Clearwater, Florida, where she had been living since retiring from her second teaching career in 1968. She was 93 years old.
